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Sam Altman says AI superintelligence could arrive by 2035, and urges the world to prepare now.
Also, Apple researchers claim AI models aren’t really “thinking,” just mimicking patterns.
Plus, Meta is betting $15B on Scale AI to revive its superintelligence ambitions.
Oh yeah, a $2,000 AI-generated ad just aired during the NBA Finals, and it was made using Google’s Veo 3.
So, grab your beverage of choice.
Here’s your weekly dose of AI news.
Today’s newsletter includes:
📰 AI NEWS RECAP
🎓 AI COURSES OF THE WEEK
🤿 AI DEEP DIVE
🛠️ AI TOOL OF THE WEEK
📝 AI PROMPT OF THE WEEK
🎨 AI IMAGE OF THE WEEK
📰 AI NEWS RECAP
The Gentle Singularity
The singularity isn’t coming.
It’s already unfolding.
Sam Altman just wrote what feels like the quietest mic drop of 2025:
The Gentle Singularity.
And if you scroll past this,
You’ll miss the part where the future starts accelerating without you.
Let’s break it down.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆?
It’s the moment AI gets so good, so fast, it starts improving itself.
No human in the loop.
No roadmap.
AI building better AI.
24/7.
𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.
It’s already 2–3x’ing productivity.
At every level.
In every role.
𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗣𝗧𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀.
AI agents are completing tasks across browsers, docs, calendars.
And that’s just this year.
𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁?
By 2026: AI will generate genuinely new insights.
By 2027: robots in the real world.
Real agency.
Real autonomy.
Real implications.
So, what do you do with that?
You stop treating AI like a gimmick.
You start treating it like leverage.
You build faster.
You think clearer.
You delegate more.
You experiment relentlessly.
Because here’s the truth no one wants to say:
It’s not just your job that’s evolving.
It’s your pace.
Your capacity.
Your baseline.
Those who ignore the shift will wake up in five years working at half-speed in a world that no longer waits.
The rest?
They’ll remember this moment as the takeoff.
The first time it felt like the future.
Will you lean in?
Apple researchers claim large language models often appear to “think” but actually rely on pattern matching. They warn that AI’s reasoning abilities may be more illusion than reality.
A new paper challenges Apple’s “reasoning collapse” study, arguing that flaws in Apple’s tests, not the AI models, caused the failures. This sparks debate over how to measure AI’s true intelligence.
Meta is investing nearly $15 billion for a 49% stake in Scale AI, bringing in CEO Alexandr Wang to lead its new superintelligence lab. The move aims to revamp Meta’s struggling AI efforts.
Disney and Universal are suing Midjourney, accusing the AI art platform of copyright infringement for training on iconic characters. They seek to block its upcoming video service over these claims.
China has shut down AI chatbot features during college entrance exams to prevent cheating. The move targets millions of students taking the high-stakes gaokao test.
A $2,000 AI-generated ad aired during the NBA Finals using Google’s Veo 3. The surreal visuals wowed audiences and fueled debate about AI’s growing role in advertising.
The world’s gone mad
— Kalshi (@Kalshi)
8:04 PM • Jun 11, 2025
Extract – a system built by the UK government, using our Gemini foundational model – will help council planners make faster decisions. 🚀
Using multimodal reasoning, it turns complex planning documents – even handwritten notes and blurry maps – into digital data in just 40s.
— Google DeepMind (@GoogleDeepMind)
11:10 AM • Jun 9, 2025
🔥Veo 3 keeps growing like crazy. To keep up, we’re introducing Veo 3 Fast in @GeminiApp and Flow. It’s >2x faster, has the same 720p resolution, and a bunch of serving optimizations. The big headline: we can serve more of it, even for the Yetis!
How to get started:
1) Get a
— Josh Woodward (@joshwoodward)
6:19 PM • Jun 9, 2025
we are going to take a little more time with our open-weights model, i.e. expect it later this summer but not june.
our research team did something unexpected and quite amazing and we think it will be very very worth the wait, but needs a bit longer.
— Sam Altman (@sama)
10:58 PM • Jun 10, 2025
🎓 AI COURSES OF THE WEEK
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If you want to master AI, consider taking these courses.
🤿 AI DEEP DIVE
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📝 AI PROMPT OF THE WEEK
Copy and paste this into your favorite chatbot.
Project Timeline
You are a certified project manager experienced in Agile and Waterfall.
We are starting a [INSERT PROJECT TYPE] project with a deadline of [INSERT DEADLINE].
Create a high‑level timeline with phases, key milestones, and owners.
Gantt‑style table: Phase, Start, End, Owner.
[INSERT TONE]Master prompting with the PCTFT framework.
It turns generic AI outputs into laser focused insights.
Why it works?
Persona: Assigns a specific role to the AI.
Context: Provides background information.
Task: Defines the specific action or response needed.
Format: Specifies the structure of the output.
Tone: Indicates the desired style or mood.
🎨 AI IMAGE OF THE WEEK
Give AI image creation a try for yourself.
Copy the text below into Google’s AI image creator!
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